Climate change awareness, adaptive and mitigation measures employed by residents of wards 13 and 30 of Musana communal area, Bindura district. · Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Author

Tambara, Carole Tinotenda

Title

Climate change awareness, adaptive and mitigation measures employed by residents of wards 13 and 30 of Musana communal area, Bindura district.

Abstract

This study sought to assess climate change awareness among the residents of Wards 13 and 30 Musana communal area in Bindura district. The study was designed to evaluate climate change awareness, to assess what the residents see as the causes and impacts of climate change, identify factors influencing communal people’s climate change awareness. A questionnaire survey method was used in which some 200 randomly selected respondents were drawn from each ward using the convenient snowball sampling method. A structured questionnaire was administered to obtain information on communal peoples’ knowledge about climate change causes, impacts, mitigation and perception on climate change. Variability in climate of the area was determined using meteorological data on temperature and precipitation from Zimbabwe’s Meteorological Services Department. Data were qualitatively and quantitatively analysed and results displayed in tables, graphs and charts. Results revealed that Wards 13 and 30 of Musana, Bindura have experienced significant temperature and precipitation variability. Results also show that climate change awareness among residents of Wards 13 and 30 Musana is significantly low but their adaptation and mitigation measures are effective. Although some of the people registered some form of awareness of climate change, there are some gaps in their knowledge. Factors such as sex, education level attained and age emerged influential on communal people’s awareness to climate change. Findings further exhibit that communal people view climate change as a threat of global concern. The residents are also adapting to and mitigating climate change using various strategies such as conservation agriculture and small livestock rearing. Key recommendations included: the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change to undertake climate change awareness campaigns and capacity building among these communities through organizing climate change seminars and training workshops for the communal inhabitants as well as distributing latest information materials on climate change.

Date

December 2023

Publisher

BUSE

Keywords

climate change

Supervisor

Mr Kundhlande